[Kevin Sevcik]

I think the key question with this design is whether you can ever get a sufficient number of balls on your side of the field. I think a good, fast defense bot is going to be capable of clearing balls away from the near side much faster than you can score them, for a very simple reason: Scoring requires aiming, clearing does not. All a defensive robot has to do is make sure it's pointed up or down field and swing away.